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A place to connect with others who understand that cancer can affect far more than medical appointments and treatment plans.
COURAGE is a free community gathering for adults navigating cancer, treatment, recovery, survivorship, and life beyond diagnosis.
Meetings create space for conversation, reflection, practical education, shared experience, and connection with others who understand some of the uncertainty, change, and complexity that cancer can bring.
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Cancer can affect daily routines, relationships, work, identity, physical wellbeing, plans for the future, and the way people see themselves.
COURAGE offers a welcoming place to be with others who may understand some of those experiences without requiring you to explain everything from the beginning.
You are welcome to participate actively, share when you want to, ask questions, or simply listen and be present.
COURAGE welcomes adults across different points in the cancer experience.
Find connection while adjusting to new information, decisions, and uncertainty.
Connect with others while navigating treatment, changing routines, and everyday life.
Explore the transition into survivorship, ongoing follow-up, and life after active treatment.
Find community while living with ongoing, recurrent, or long-term cancer.
COURAGE is designed as an open Community Circle.
You do not need to attend every meeting or begin at a particular point in the series.
Participants may join when a topic, meeting, or moment feels useful to them and return as often as they choose.
There is no expectation that everyone share. Listening and simply being present are also meaningful ways to participate.
Each meeting may be a little different, but COURAGE is built around connection, reflection, learning, and mutual support.
Spend time with others who have been affected by cancer and understand some of its challenges.
Explore experiences, changes, questions, and themes that may arise during and after cancer.
Some meetings may include education, guest speakers, resources, or a focused topic related to wellbeing and life with cancer.
Share encouragement, perspective, and community without pressure to solve another person's experience.
Meeting themes may change based on participant interests, community needs, and available resources.
Making space for uncertainty, changing plans, and the emotional and practical adjustments that can come with cancer.
Navigating conversations with family, friends, coworkers, care teams, and others in your life.
Exploring how diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, or ongoing illness may affect identity, priorities, and perspective.
Discussing practical ways to support physical, social, and emotional wellbeing through change.
Exploring transitions, follow-up, new routines, and the experience of moving forward after active treatment.
Learn about community, healthcare, wellness, and support resources that may be useful along the way.
The exact format may change, but meetings often include a combination of the following:
Arrive, settle in, review group expectations, and connect with the circle.
Explore a theme, educational topic, guest presentation, or facilitated group discussion.
Share resources, announcements, reflections, or next steps before concluding the meeting.
COURAGE is a community support and wellness gathering.
It creates space for connection, education, reflection, and shared experience, but it is not psychotherapy, behavioral health treatment, a medical appointment, or an individualized clinical service.
Participants experiencing significant emotional distress or needing individualized medical, behavioral health, or crisis support should connect with an appropriate healthcare professional or support service.
COURAGE is intended to be welcoming, respectful, and supportive.
Participants are encouraged to respect the privacy of others and not share personal stories or identifying information outside the group without permission.
Because COURAGE is a community group rather than a private clinical encounter, participants should only share what they are comfortable discussing in a group setting.
COURAGE is typically offered periodically throughout the year.
When an upcoming meeting is scheduled, available dates will appear below.
Use the Mindbody listing to register directly for the meeting you would like to attend.
Don't see a meeting listed? A future date may not yet be scheduled. Join the contact list below and we can keep you informed about upcoming meetings.
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Interested in future meetings but don't see a scheduled date that works for you?
Join the contact list to receive information about upcoming COURAGE meetings, special topics, guest speakers, and related Elevate opportunities.
You can join whether or not you are ready to attend a current meeting.
Joining the contact list does not register you for a specific meeting.
COURAGE is offered free of charge to community members.
If you would like to support Elevate programming, you may consider making a gift through the Mammoth Hospital Foundation.
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COURAGE meetings are typically held at:
Elevate Wellness & Performance121 College ParkwayMammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Meetings may use the second-floor study or another Elevate gathering space depending on the group and event.
Check the current Mindbody listing for meeting-specific location information.
COURAGE is designed primarily for adults and discussions may include complex or sensitive topics related to cancer, treatment, health, relationships, loss, and survivorship.
If you are seeking cancer-related support for a child or teenager, please contact Elevate so we can help identify appropriate resources or opportunities.
Participants are encouraged to attend at the level that feels comfortable for them. There is no requirement to share personal experiences during the group.
COURAGE stands for Circle Of Understanding, Resilience, Acceptance, Growth & Empowerment.
It is a free Cancer Community Circle designed to create connection, conversation, education, and mutual support for adults affected by cancer.
COURAGE welcomes adults who are newly diagnosed, in active treatment, living with cancer, transitioning beyond treatment, or navigating survivorship.
Contact Elevate if you are unsure whether the group is the right fit for what you are looking for.
No. COURAGE is an open Community Circle and regular attendance is not required.
Participants may attend when a meeting, topic, or point in their journey feels useful.
No. Participants may share as much or as little as they choose.
Listening, reflecting, and simply being present are welcome ways to participate.
Meetings may include a welcome, group guidelines, a discussion topic, education, a guest speaker, conversation, resource sharing, and a closing reflection.
The format may vary from meeting to meeting.
No. COURAGE is a community support and wellness gathering.
It is not psychotherapy, behavioral health treatment, or a substitute for individualized medical or mental health care.
Educational topics may include general health information, and qualified guest speakers may occasionally participate.
The group is not a medical appointment, and presenters or facilitators may not be able to provide individual medical advice in a group setting.
COURAGE is offered free of charge.
Meetings are offered periodically throughout the year.
Current scheduled meetings will appear in the Mindbody registration section above.
If no meeting is currently listed, join the contact list to receive information about future dates.
Registering through Mindbody reserves your place for a specific scheduled meeting.
Joining the contact list allows Elevate to keep you informed about future meetings and related opportunities, but it does not register you for a specific date.
COURAGE is intended for community connection and general support.
If you need individual medical care, behavioral health treatment, crisis support, or another clinical service, please connect with an appropriate healthcare professional or support resource.
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Build relationships with people who understand some of the experiences that cancer can bring.
Create space for reflection, support, and personal wellbeing through change.
Explore ideas, resources, perspectives, and ways of navigating the cancer experience.
Make space for new meaning, identity, possibility, and ways of moving forward.
Come to a scheduled meeting or join the contact list so we can keep you informed about future opportunities to gather, learn, and connect.
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